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Online therapist

Crista Lonergan

Supportive counselor for family and life challenges

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Credentials
LPCC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Ohio
Languages
English, Spanish
Format
Online sessions

About Crista

Crista Lonergan uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help families and individuals navigate hard moments. Crista is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - practicing in Ohio with ten years of professional experience. Sessions are conversational and focused on real problems like stress, anxiety, and relationship struggles.

The first meetings are about listening, building trust, and finding small changes that fit daily life. Crista often brings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into sessions to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values.

Background and approach

Attachment-based ideas guide work on repairing connection and understanding patterns in family relationships. The therapist blends structured tools with a warm, nonjudgmental presence so clients can try new ways of coping. Work commonly addresses parenting challenges, family conflicts, mood concerns, grief, trauma, and identity questions, including LGBT and gender dysphoria topics.

Crista also supports issues like ADHD, eating concerns, and communication problems. Sessions aim to build skills for handling strong emotions, improving communication, and increasing everyday functioning. Crista speaks English and Spanish and provides sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Therapy uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time and costs vary with location and therapist availability. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs. Crista focuses on steady progress rather than quick fixes.

The tone in sessions is collaborative and practical, with steps clients can try between meetings. The goal is clearer communication, better coping, and more manageable family life.

How Crista's Approaches Work Online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that cause distress. In practice Crista and the client identify patterns, try small experiments, and build new habits to reduce anxiety or improve mood.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed action even when unpleasant feelings appear. This approach can help with stress, life transitions, and motivation by shifting the emphasis from symptom control to meaningful steps forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Crista will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then shape sessions around those needs. That collaborative process makes it easier to try methods and adjust them if something isn’t working.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people fit meetings into busy schedules and continue work between sessions. The format supports consistent practice of skills and makes it possible to get help from Ohio without traveling to an office.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Crista commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, parenting challenges, grief, and identity concerns including LGBT and gender dysphoria.
What is Crista's style in therapy?
Sessions are conversational and collaborative, combining practical skills training with reflective work to help people change unhelpful patterns and improve daily life.
What kind of experience does Crista have?
Crista has ten years of professional work experience supporting people with mood concerns, family conflicts, trauma, and self-esteem issues.
What are Crista's credentials and where are they based?
Crista holds an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - with licence OH LPCC E.2203113 and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; costs vary with location and therapist availability.
How do I start working with Crista?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Ohio
Languages
English, Spanish

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